sugar cubes

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For a more autumnal spin, I tuck in about ½ cup of cubed, softened butternut squash, a sprinkle of brown sugar, cubes of manchego, and a few torn sage leaves.

From Salon • Nov. 4, 2025

These three-family clapboard sugar cubes, thrown up by the tens of thousands around the turn of the 20th century across all New England’s cities, are the backbone of Greater Boston’s working-class housing stock.

From Slate • Sep. 9, 2025

Deadly jellyfish, tiny and iridescent, like sugar cubes.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2023

On “Sabin Sundays,” millions of children, as well as adults, showed up at churches and schools for their free doses, often delivered on sugar cubes.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2022

Then we passed around our little hoard of sugar cubes and crackers and peanuts.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez